The Boston Bruins have had the most Norris Trophies winners with 14 ; the Montreal Canadiens have had the second most with 11.

With that improvement, the team was sold to Robert Kraft in January 1994 for a ( then ) record price of $ 200, 000, 000 — an astonishing price considering the Pats had generally been considered a laughing-stock and second rate team, had the worst stadium in the league, and couldn't sell out save for select home games resulting in most games going without television coverage — sports in New England centered on the beloved Bruins, Celtics and Red Sox, not the NFL team orphaned in remote Foxborough, Massachusetts, forty miles outside Boston.

The Bruins have had at least one competitor in every Olympics since 1920 with one exception ( 1924 ), and UCLA has won a gold medal in every Olympics since 1932 with the exception of 1980 ( boycott ).

The Rangers made the Finals twice in the 1970s, but lost both times to two ' 70s powerhouses ; in six games to the Boston Bruins in, who were led by such stars as Bobby Orr, Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge, Johnny Bucyk, and Wayne Cashman ; and in five games to the Canadiens in, who had Bob Gainey, Guy Lafleur, Larry Robinson, Ken Dryden, Guy Lapointe, and Serge Savard.

Ramsay, who had been an assistant coach for the Boston Bruins for the previous three seasons, was a former NHL player who had been a teammate of Dudley's on the Buffalo Sabres.

Because the NHL already had a team in the New England area, the Boston Bruins, the former WHA team was renamed the Hartford Whalers.

Neely went on to have a Hall of Fame career with the Bruins, recording three 50-goal seasons, and Wesley had a solid 20 year career.

Rodgers also had previous coaching experience with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the UCLA Bruins at the university level.

Three Calgary Flames have won the award, the most of any franchise ; the only other franchises that have had more than one winner are the Boston Bruins, the only team with two consecutive awards, the Edmonton Oilers and the New York Islanders.

Two other ex-US Olympians on the Whalers roster ( Minnesotans Timothy Sheehy and Tommy Williams ) had spent a significant part of their careers in Boston with Boston College and the Bruins, respectively.

After New Jersey, he had short stints with the Boston Bruins ( 1999 – 2000 ), Colorado Avalanche ( 2000 ), and Buffalo Sabres ( 2000 – 01 ), before settling with the Tampa Bay Lightning ( 2001 – 02 to 2005 – 06 ).

The Red Wings traded Sawchuk to the Boston Bruins in June 1955 because they had a capable younger goaltender in the minor leagues ( Glenn Hall ), which devastated the self-critical goalie.

After the series, it was reported that NHL president Clarence Campbell and Chicago Black Hawks ' owner Bill Wirtz had concluded an agreement with the Soviets for the Soviet national team to play an exhibition series in January 1973 against the Boston Bruins, New York Rangers and Chicago Black Hawks.

He passed over several opportunities to set the benchmark salary for defenceman ; instead, he usually quietly and quickly agreed to terms with the Bruins, and this stance irritated the National Hockey League Players ' Association which had been pushing to drive up players ' wages.

When he debuted with the Bruins in 1979 he was assigned sweater number 7, a number that had been rarely issued by the team after Phil Esposito departed from the team in 1975.

Planners drew up designs for a new arena in the early 1990s after years of pressure on the owners of the Boston Bruins hockey club to replace the aging Boston Garden, which had been considered inadequate as a major league sports facility for many years.

It is thought that part of the reason Ryder signed with Boston was that Ryder has had nearly six seasons worth of play ( three in junior hockey, one in the AHL and two with the Canadiens ) under Claude Julien, the current Bruins coach.

In the 1969-70 NHL season, the Boston Bruins had three alternate captains ( Johnny Bucyk, Phil Esposito, and Ed Westfall ) instead of a captain sporting the " C ".

Thinking that they had lost interest, Wooden accepted the head coaching job with the Bruins instead.

Officials from the University of Minnesota contacted Wooden right after he accepted the position at UCLA, but he declined their offer because he had given his word to the Bruins.

In the fall of 1969, WBZ regained the radio rights to the Boston Bruins ( which it had lost in 1951 ), and also began carrying Boston Celtics basketball.

On December 7, 2007, the NHLPA and the David Suzuki Foundation decided to create a pact, led by Boston Bruins defenceman Andrew Ference, which had over 500 NHL players signed up to donate $ 290 annually to purchase carbon credits in order to offset their regular season travel.

Although the Maroons finished first in the Canadian Division, they were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Boston Bruins.

They upset the Boston Bruins for the second time in three years in a seven-game opening series, before being eliminated by the top-seeded, eventual Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning in four.

Though the Bruins forced a Game 7, they lost the deciding contest and were eliminated.

He helped the Bruins qualify for the playoffs, where they were eliminated in the second round once more.

He added two assists over the course of a career-high 18 post-season games as Tampa Bay were eliminated by the eventual Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

Cunneyworth played in only one playoff game, getting no points, as the Whalers were once again eliminated by the Boston Bruins in the first round.

In the first round Toronto played Boston and eliminated the Bruins in five games.

With their rivals the Boston Bruins being eliminated by the Sabres in the division semifinals, as well as the two-time defending Cup champions Pittsburgh Penguins being eliminated by the Islanders in the division final, Montreal's path to their first final since became much easier.

The Rangers finished first in the American Division, but were eliminated by the Boston Bruins in the playoffs.

Roloson and the Lightning ultimately advanced to the 2011 Eastern Conference Finals, where they were eliminated by the Boston Bruins in seven games.

They were eliminated in the first round by the Boston Bruins.

The second seed Toronto Maple Leafs eliminated the fourth seed Boston Bruins in five games, and the third seed Montreal Canadiens upset first overall Detroit Red Wings in six, setting up a Leafs – Canadiens Stanley Cup final series, won by the Leafs 4 – 1.

They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ( NHL ), and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Boston Bruins, and Chicago Blackhawks.

They are part of the group of teams referred to as the Original Six, along with the Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins, and Chicago Blackhawks.

They would defeat the defending-champion Canadiens in the first round and the Chicago Blackhawks in the second, but lost to the Bruins in the finals.

The Blackhawks are one of the Original Six NHL teams, along with the Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins and New York Rangers.

Players from the Montreal Canadiens have won the award sixteen times ; players from Boston Bruins are second with twelve winners, and the Detroit Red Wings and Edmonton Oilers have seen players win the award nine times.

* Stanley Cup – Montreal Canadiens win 4 games to 2 over the Boston Bruins

* Stanley Cup – Montreal Canadiens defeat the Boston Bruins 4 games to 0.

* 28 – 29 March — Montreal Canadiens defeats Boston Bruins by 2 games to 0 in the 1930 Stanley Cup Finals

File: Mise au jeu BOS @ MTL Faceoff. JPG | Canadiens and Bruins players getting ready for the faceoff at the Bell Centre.

* Stanley Cup – Montreal Canadiens win 4-2 over the Boston Bruins

* Stanley Cup – Montreal Canadiens win 4 games to 1 over the Boston Bruins

* Stanley Cup – Montreal Canadiens win 4 games to 1 over the Boston Bruins

As of the end of the 2009-10 NHL season, players for the Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers and Boston Bruins have won the trophy 4 times each, while the Los Angeles Kings have won 3 times.

Whenever they did make the playoffs, they faced the near-certainty of having to get past the Boston Bruins or Montreal Canadiens to make it to the conference finals.

The Bruins went on to dispose the Canadiens in five games, then sweep the Capitals in the Wales Conference finals before losing in the Stanley Cup finals to the Oilers.

Later the same day, Boston traded Dryden to the Montreal Canadiens, along with Alex Campbell, for Paul Reid and Guy Allen, whom the Bruins highly valued.

These six teams are the Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, and the Toronto Maple Leafs.

He led the Canadiens into the playoffs as the eighth and final seed in the Eastern Conference and was a pivotal factor in upsetting the top-ranked Boston Bruins in the first round.

* Stanley Cup – Montreal Canadiens win 4 – 2 over the Boston Bruins.

* 1991 – 1992: Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs ( all as throwback / vintage jerseys )

* 2003 – 04: Mighty Ducks of Anaheim ( through 2005 – 06 ), Atlanta Thrashers ( would become home shirt ), Boston Bruins ( c. 1970 – vintage program ) Columbus Blue Jackets ( became home jersey in 2007 – 08 ), Dallas Stars ( used through 2005 – 06 ), Edmonton Oilers ( c. 1988 – vintage program ), Florida Panthers ( former road shirt, through 2006 – 07 ), Los Angeles Kings ( c. 1987 – vintage program ), Minnesota Wild ( became home jersey in 2007 – 08 ); Montreal Canadiens ( c. 1946 and c. 1960 versions – vintage program – 1946 version used through 2006 – 07 ), New York Rangers ( c. 1978 – vintage program ), St. Louis Blues ( c. 1979 – vintage program ) Vancouver Canucks ( c. 1976 – vintage program ; worn as fourth in 2005 – 06, in use as third through 2006 – 07 )

However, O ' Ree managed to keep it secret, and made his NHL debut with the Bruins on January 18, 1958, against the Montreal Canadiens, becoming the first black player in league history, appearing in two games that year, and came back in 1961 to play 43 games, playing with smooth Boston centre Don McKenney and winger Jerry Toppazzini.

Trent Kenneth McCleary ( born September 8, 1972 ) is a Canadian former professional hockey player who played for the Boston Bruins, Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League ( NHL ).